too sacred for words
Example Sentences
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A deep silence fell over the room; then after a few moments of thought too sacred for words, the invalid asked faintly, "Have you told Thomas and Tabitha?"
From Tabitha at Ivy Hall by Alfred Russell
He folded her to his heart; the passionate emotion each was feeling was too deep, too sacred for words; and then their eyes streamed with scorching tears.
From Halcyone by Elinor Glyn
He took her in his arms and kissed her, not as he would have kissed her an hour before, with passion, but in reverence and humility, in love too sacred for words.
From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman
A glad cry escaped her, and then— But such a moment is too sacred for words; only it must be said it was fortunate for both that Aunt Lissy was in the kitchen.
From Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast by Charles Clark Munn
There are moments in a man's life too sacred for words.
From The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
